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Republicans push back on Donald Trump’s wavering support for Ukraine

GOP lawmakers threaten to pull support for president’s agenda after Russia diesel deal and sanctions pause US politics live – latest updates A handful of Republicans have spoken out against Donald Trump ’s softening stance on Russia , threatening to pull financial support for his agenda over his “embarrassing” handling of the Ukraine war. Don Bacon, an…

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Witkoff to Meet Russian Leadership on Ukraine, Norway PM SaysUS envoy Steve Witkoff will fly to St. Petersburg to meet Russian leadership on Wednesday after talks in Oslo to get peace talks to end the war in Ukraine back on track, Norway Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said on Tuesday.

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Israelis Abroad Fly Home to Vote, Posing Threat to NetanyahuIn 15 years abroad, Lital Lee Doron has returned to Israel to vote only once. This week, she’s flying home in the hope of ousting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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How global events are entering the midterm debateTrump's decisions involving Russia and Israel have drawn scrutiny as the GOP fights to keep Congress.

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State Department orders ‘super intelligence’ wording across all official communicationsAn internal cable from the agency extends Trump’s terminology change to emails, speeches, websites and official titles, while preserving legal language and historical records.

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France Riots Could Serve as the Socialist Blueprint for the US“Europe on fire is a warning for the United States,” a foreign policy expert said of the recent riots in France. Nile Gardiner, the director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation, joined Mark Guiney on the Heritage Explains podcast to discuss the leftist-Islamist coalition behind the riots and how the...

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More Republicans break with Trump on Russia sanctions‘Now is the time for us to turn up the pressure,’ said Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala.

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Zelenskyy Touts Positive US Talks as Witkoff Heads to RussiaVolodymyr Zelenskyy sought to draw a line under the escalating feud with the US, citing positive talks with the US following a meeting with Donald Trump’s envoys in Oslo on Tuesday.

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